Author:Kyril Bonfiglioli
The Great Mortdecai Moustache Mystery - the fourth Charlie Mortdecai novel, soon to be a major film starring Johnny Depp
'Deliciously nasty ... An adventurously off-piste whodunit' Observer
'She was a Fellow and Tutor of Scone College and the world must learn that Fellows and Tutors of Scone College shall not be done to death with impunity.'
The Hon. Charlie Mortdecai (and his intrepid moustache) is invited to Oxford to investigate the cruel and most definitely unusual death of a don who collided with an omnibus. Though her death appears accidental, one or two things don't add up - such as two pairs of thugs who'd been following her just before her death. With more spies than you could shoe horn into a stretch limo and the solving of the odd murder along the way, The Great Mortdecai Moustache Mystery is a criminally comic delight.
'Gloriously, infectiously funny' Guardian
'The result of stewing together PG Wodehouse and Raymond Chandler, lightly seasoned with Ian Fleming and Damon Runyon, then adding a jigger of Groucho Marx and a dash of the Marquis de Sade' Mail on Sunday
'A delightfully black comedy thriller - and it will tell you everything you need to know about onanism in fourth-century China' Observer
'Blissfully funny' Independent
Kyril Bonfiglioli was born on the south coast of England in 1928 of an English mother and Italo-Slovene father. After studying at Oxford and five years in the army, he took up a career as an art dealer, like his eccentric creation Charlie Mortdecai. He lived in Oxford, Lancashire, Ireland and Jersey, where he died in 1985. He wrote four Charlie Mortdecai novels, and a fifth historical Mortdecai novel (about a distinguished ancestor).
A heart-thumping read
—— Daily ExpressMcNab's great asset is that the heart of his fiction is non-fiction
—— The Sunday TimesCompelling and eerily authentic . . . Read it and be grateful to be alive in our day and age.
—— ROBERT GODDARDA dark, original story wrapped in a wonderful gothic gloom . . . it's a tough act to pull off, but Andrew Hughes manages it with brio. I heard echoes of James Hogg and Robert Louis Stevenson.
—— ANDREW TAYLOR, author of The American Boy and The Scent of DeathReminiscent of John Banville's The Book of Evidence . . . a bracing, lurid tale that is as engrossing as it is chilling.
—— Declan Burke , IRISH INDEPENDENTA vivid piece of writing . . . brings to mind Andrew Miller’s Costa-winning novel, Pure.
—— IRISH TIMESExtraordinarily detailed world, impeccably researched . . . so superbly written that it soars as a masterly work of fiction . . . utterly compelling.
—— Dermot Bolger , IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAYAn intriguing debut (that) sets out Hughes as one to watch.
—— SUNDAY TIMES IRELANDA skilfully planned, elegantly written debut . . . a riveting read.
—— SUNDAY INDEPENDENTStupendous: a brilliant achievement for a first novel, completely compelling and with a perfectly damaged central character.
—— MANDA SCOTTTold in the voice of its oddly detached protagonist, this is a memorable novel - a chilling story of a man gradually losing all sense of what makes life worth living.
—— Sunday Times, Culture magazineThis dark gem... The knowledgable Andrew Hughes carefully recreates a truly grim time, seemingly stripped of morals, and one where a brutal end lurks on each street.
—— Sunday SportWith its polished prose, vivid period feel and debauched protagonist, this assured first novel will be relished by fans of literary crime and historical fiction alike.
—— Irish TimesThe story is not for the faint of heart, but for those who love being thrilled, gripped by an unputdownable book, and who loves reading about the dark side of life, then this is the book for them. This chilling novel is amazing and I loved every page. Simply fabulous.
—— Historical Novel ReviewAt once a close character study and a sweeping panorama of the era of 'dissectionists', who buy bodies for medical research and the 'resurectionists' who dig them up, this fascinating book is a stirring work of fiction and a perceptive chapter in Ireland's social history.
—— The New York Times Book Reviewghastly, riveting tale.
—— Entertainment WeeklyHighly unsettling
—— Daily TelegraphA tantalising mystery
—— Sunday TelegraphCaptures sinister atmosphere brilliantly
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